{"id":12661,"date":"2018-04-06T07:58:13","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T12:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/?p=12661"},"modified":"2018-04-06T07:58:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T12:58:13","slug":"student-writers-crafting-poetry-making-literary-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2018\/04\/student-writers-crafting-poetry-making-literary-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Student writers crafting poetry, making literary art"},"content":{"rendered":"

The poetry scene, while hidden in plain sight to some, has been expanding recently. Even though one may not be aware of the different student writers in the school, there are some poets who are weaving and crafting their own pieces of literary art. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sophomore Claire Newman won the Poetry Out Loud contest on Jan. 18, 2018, and advanced on to the state competition. She performed the poems \u201cMonet Refuses the Operation\u201d by Lisel Mueller, and \u201cRondeau\u201d by Leigh Hunt. Newman also often writes her own poems.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPoetry\u2019s my primary creative outlet,\u201d Newman said. \u201cPoetry specifically helps me express emotions that I wouldn\u2019t necessarily be able to discuss or talk about or express in art, and it also gives me something that I can share and that people can understand. I try to channel my strongest emotions in words and I usually write them by collecting the poetic phrases I spontaneously think of throughout the day, and incorporate them into the poem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Another poet who has attracted attention for her performance is senior Sarah Saead. Her poems often invoke religious metaphor. She performed her self-written poem \u201cHoly Love\u201d in the January poetry slam.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI watched the crucifixion scene from \u201cThe Passion of the Christ\u201d for the first time sometime last year,\u201d Saead said. \u201cI started writing about my initial reaction to it, and I gradually came back to it. I would leave it, and then I would come back to it, and I referenced the Bible a lot for scriptural backing for why or how the crucifixion happened and how Jesus handled it. The night before the poetry slam, I pulled together all my different tidbits from my Google Docs and my actual journal and just consolidated it all into the format it is now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The popularity of poetry among students has gained more and more traction over time. According to English teacher Sarah Hechlik, the poetry scene has just recently gained a larger following and more of a community backing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think in the last three years, the poetry scene has really grown,\u201d Hechlik said. \u201cEven in the last five years, it\u2019s really grown. The English teachers specifically went to a training and met the creators of \u201cLouder than a Bomb\u201d, and since then we\u2019ve really seen what a poetry slam can do and showcasing student voices can do, and then we started the slam at Dow High and the writer\u2019s workshop.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes, the students create poems which reflect their own views and opinions, and can invoke more critical thinking and deeper messages into their works. One of the poets who has made a splash for his thought-provoking poems is junior Andre Buckley. He performed his original poem, \u201cWar\u201d, for the poetry slam, and got the award for the judge\u2019s favorite poet.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was called \u201cWar\u201d and it was about police brutality,\u201d Buckley said. \u201cI write a lot of stuff about that because I\u2019m really passionate about that. I write a lot about self-love and different types of positive things, but when I initially started getting into poetry really hardcore, that was a big thing I wrote about. Police brutality, and just the whole BLM movement and things like that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The poetry environment at DHS is filled with developing young writers who are not afraid to show their talents and craft a wide variety of creative poems, ranging from politically charged, to humorous, to provocative, to emotional poems, and everything in between. They work hard to create their form of art, and one thing is for sure: they\u2019ve got something to say.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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